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Dow Today: Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Lower

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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) is trading down 51.0 points (-0.3%) at 14,567 as of Thursday, Apr 18, 2013, 12:35 p.m. ET. During this time, 374.5 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 591.4 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,288 issues advancing vs. 1,600 declining with 135 unchanged.

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Holding back the Dow today is
Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:
WMT), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.12 decline (-1.4%) bringing the stock to $77.39. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 8.48 points or roughly accounting for 16.6% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Wal-Mart Stores currently sits at 7.9 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 8.6 million shares.

Wal-Mart Stores has a market cap of $259.05 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. Shares are up 15.1% year to date as of Wednesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.4%.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Wal-Mart Stores as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.